March 25, 2021
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Giordano Scappucci
QuTech and Kavli Institute for Nanoscience, TU Delft
ABSTRACT:
Industry knows how to make billions of excellent transistors. What are the materials requirement that will enable the integration of excellent qubits for the quantum information age of tomorrow? I will introduce our research at QuTech into the Si/Ge material system as we are moving into the next phase of engineering qubit systems in the large numbers required for useful quantum computing. Our research has contributed to provide first answers to the three crucial questions, ranging from technological to basic science:
- Can we make qubits in an industrial fab?
- How do we connect qubits and scale up their number?
- Can we devise new materials and concepts for the next generation of quantum hardware?
Today I will address the latter question and make a case for the germanium quantum information route.
BIOGRAPHY:
2000, MSc, Universita’ La Sapienza Roma, Italy
2004, PhD, Universita’ Roma TRE, Italy
2005, Researcher, University of New South Wales, Centre for Quantum Computing Technology, Australia
2015, Group Leader/Ass. Prof. , QuTech TU Delft
Long-time aficionado of the Si/Ge material system, Giordano Scappucci leads the development of materials for spin-based quantum computing at QuTech, TU Delft. The silicon and germanium-based material stacks developed by Giordano’s team were pivotal to landmark experiments published recently in Nature and Science and are used by many researchers overseas for the development of quantum technologies. Giordano published over 50 journal articles and has given over 50 invited talks at international conferences, universities, research institutes and industry.